Summer Learning Journey: Week One Day Three Bonus Activity: Fun Family Facts

Bonus Activity: Fun Family Facts

Everyone’s family is unique. What makes your family special? Choose three people close to you and ask them what their two favourite things to do in summer are.

On your blog, write two fun facts about each person. For example, my Nana plays the bagpipes!

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Summer Learning Journey: Week One Day Three Activity Two: Acknowledging Ancestry

Activity 2: Acknowledging Ancestry

All of us are members of a family. Some of us have large families and some of us have very small families. When I have the opportunity to talk about my family and my ancestry I sometimes choose to use a pepeha. It is a very special way of identifying who I am and where I come from. There are many different versions of pepeha but most provide people with information about who you are and where you come from (i.e. your whakapapa). Use the template provided below to prepare your own unique pepeha. If you need help please watch this short movie clip on preparing a pepeha.

When you have completed your pepeha, post it on your blog. You could even post a video of you reading out your pepeha.

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Ko Mt. Wellington te maunga

Ko Tamaki river te awa

Ko Tu’uga Salū Uelese tōku iwi

Ko Salū tōku hapu

Ko Te Tahawai tōku marae

Ko Save’u ahau

Ko Uaina rāua ko Maoimealelei ōku mātua  

Summer Learning Journey: Week One Day Three Activity One: The More the Merrier!

Day Three: It’s All in the Family

Activity One: The More the Merrier?

In the 1800s, most families were pretty big. In fact, many parents had an average of seven to nine children.  Imagine that you were a child in the 1800s and you had nine siblings.

On your blog, please tell us how you would feel. Would you enjoy being a member of such a large family? Why or why not?

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I would love to be a member of a large family just not the youngest or the oldest, because if I were the oldest I would get blamed for the most and others will rely on me, which I can’t handle to be honest. Also if I were the youngest of nine I would be doing everyone's “mini” chores. The reason why I would love to be a member of nine siblings because I would never be lonely nor board, the house would be loud and active.